Mathematics For Economics Ii 27/4/2020: Integration
Mathematics For Economics Ii 27/4/2020: Integration
Mathematics For Economics Ii 27/4/2020: Integration
ECONOMICS II
27/4/2020
INTEGRATION
Integration
differentiate
d ( F( x ) c)
dx
F( x ) c f ( x)
f ( x ) dx
integrate
Figure 8.2
• The derivative of F(x) + c is f(x)
• When f(x) is integrated the result is F(x) + c back again
2
x
• Example, differentiate 2
+ c
2
d x
( + c) = x
dx 2
differentiate
2
x
+ c
2
• Differentiate
2
d x
( + c) = x
dx 2
differentiate
2
x
+ c x
2
• then integrate the x
d 2
x
( + c)
dx 2
differentiate
2
x
+ c x
2
2
x
integrate : ò x dx = + c
2
• the integration has reversed the differentiation
differentiate
d 2
x
( + c)
dx 2
2
x
+ c x
2
ò x dx
integrate
Integration : the operation which reverses differentiation: an
example
d[F( x) +c]
y = F( x) +c = f ( x) òf (x) dx = F(x) + c
dx
x2 dy 2x x2
Example (a) = =x
y = +c
2
dx 2 ò( x)dx = 2 + c
dy 2 x3
Example (b) x3 =x ò x dx = + c
2
y = +c dx
3 3
Example (c) dy 3 x4
x4 =x ò x dx = + c
3
y = +c dx 4
4
x n 1
x dx n 1 c
n
provided that n not equal to - 1.
1 1
If n = -1, the rule is: x dx x dx ln( x ) c
d
(ln( x ) + c )
dx
ln( x ) + c 1
1 x
ò x dx
Figure 8.4
integrate
• Worked Example 8.1: Integration with the Power rule
(a) x 4
x 4
n = 4: n+1=5 x5 same
òx 4 dx = 5
+c
x 4
x 4
n = 2: n+1=3 x 3 same
(b)
x 2
x 2 = x 4-2 = x 2
òx 2 dx = 3
+c
1 1 = x n = - 4: x -3 x -3 = - x -3
(c)
òx
-4
x4 x4
-4
dx = +c
-3 -3 3
n+1=-3
= - 13 + c
3x
(d) x x =x 0 .5 n = 0.5: dx = x
1.5
same
òx 0 .5
1 .5
+c
n + 1 = 1.5
(e) 1 = 1 n = - 1.5 x - 0.5 + c - 0 .5
3 3 0 .5
(x ) ò x - 0 .5
d x =
- 0. 5 -x = - 2x - 0 .5
x 0 .5
1 n + 1 = - 0.5
x3 = 11.5 = - 20. 5 + c
x x
= x -1.5